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81 1364 Hawaii Jarves J J 81 1364 Hawaii Jarves J J
81/1364 [Hawaii]. Jarves, J.J. History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, embracing their Antiquities, Mythology, Legends, Discovery by Europeans in the Sixteenth Century (...). Boston, Tappan and Dennet, 1843, 1st Am. ed., XX,407p., steelengr. title-p. and frontisp., 1 fold. map, 22 woodengr. plates and ills., contemp. giltlettered and blindst. cl.

- Owner's entry on engr. title-p.; frontisp., title-p. and map sl. foxed; frontisp. loose; first quires (almost) loose. Upper joint and top of spine sl. worn.

= Leib/ Day p.71; Hunnewell p.45. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.

€ (300-500) 325
81 1365 Hawaii Jarves J J 81 1365 Hawaii Jarves J J
81/1365 [Hawaii]. Jarves, J.J. History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, embracing their Antiquities, Mythology, Legends, Discovery by Europeans in the Sixteenth Century (...). Boston, James Munroe and Comp., 1844, 2nd Am. ed., XX,407p., steelengr. title-p. and frontisp., 20 woodengr. plates and ills., contemp. giltlettered cl. w. mor. letterpiece.

- Lacks the map; p.360 is without ills. (as usual?). Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.

€ (70-90) 70
81 1366 Heeren A H L 81 1366 Heeren A H L
81/1366 Heeren, A.H.L. Ideën over de staatkunde, onderlinge verkeering en den handel van de voornaamste Volken der Oudheid. Rott., A.F.H. Smit, 1824-1827, 6 vols., 9 engr. fold. maps/ plans, 12 engr. (fold.) plates, later unif. gilt hcl.

- A few scattered later annots.; one map w. a few closed tears.

€ (80-100)
81 1367 Humboldt A von and Bonpland A 81 1367 Humboldt A von and Bonpland A
81/1367 Humboldt, A. von and Bonpland, A. Reis van Humboldt en Bonpland naar de landen bij den Equator. Uit het Fransch vertaald. Haarlem, A. Loosjes, 1808-1818, 6 parts in 3 vols., engr. portrait, 1 fold. plate (of 2), 2 fold. tables, contemp. unif. giltlettered hcl.

- Lacks 1 plate. Bindings sl. worn/ chafed; contents fine.

= Fiedler/ Leitner 4.1.5 and 4.8.3; Cat. NHSM, p.142; Muller, America 2690; not in Sabin or Tiele. Vol. I: "Behelzende eene Proeve over de Aardrijksbeschrijving der Planten, vergezeld met een natuurkundig Tafereel der Landen omtrent den Equator, en strekkende tot eene Inleiding voor het werk." Vol. 2-6: "Het geschiedkundig gedeelte hunner reize." (title-p.). Very rare first Dutch translation of Essai sur la géographie des plantes, accompagné d'un tableau physique des régions équinoxiales (Paris/ Tüb., 1807) and Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent, fait en 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 and 1804 (Paris, 1814-1817).

€ (100-150) 200
81 1368 The Illustrated London News Vol 176 195 81 1368 The Illustrated London News Vol 176 195
81/1368 The Illustrated London News. Vol. 176-195. London, The Illustrated London News, 1930-1939, 20 vols., large fold. plates, num. (double-p./ full-p.) (col.) ills., later unif. gilt cl., folio.

- Occas. sm. defects (sl. foxing; sm. (closed) tears; stamps), mostly in final vol. One vol. upper joint splitting.

= Covering i.a. the Hindenburg disaster (1937), the annexation of Sudetenland by Nazi Germany (1938) and episodes from the Spanish civil war. Sold as periodical; not subject to return.

€ (150-250) 150
81 1369 l'Illustration Journal Universel Year 1861 1866 81 1369 l'Illustration Journal Universel Year 1861 1866
81/1369 l'Illustration. Journal Universel. Year 1861-1866. Paris, l'Illustration, 1861-1866, 12 parts in 6 vols., num. (full-p./ double-p.) woodengr. ills., contemp. unif. gilt hmor., folio.

- First 2 vols. lack divisional titles; other vols. w. library stamp on first divis. title; all issues w. tax stamps on first page; occas. (sl.) foxed/ w. offsetting. All vols. binding sl. worn/ rubbed; final vol. upper joint splitting.

€ (150-250) 190
81 1370 Illustrierte Zeitung Vol 180 192 January June 81 1370 Illustrierte Zeitung Vol 180 192 January June
81/1370 Illustrierte Zeitung. Vol. 180-192 (January-June). Leipsic, J.J. Weber, 1933-1939, 13 half-year vols., num. (double-p./ full-p.) (col.) plates/ ills., contemp. unif. gilt cl., folio.

- A very fine set. = Sold as periodical; not subject to return.

€ (200-300) 200
81 1371 Italy Bélin J L 81 1371 Italy Bélin J L
81/1371 [Italy]. Bélin, J.-L. Le Simplon et l'Italie Septentrionale. Promenades et Pélerinages. Paris, Bélin-Leprieur, 1843, 2nd ed., (4),355p., steel-engr. title and 14 plates, contemp. blindst. and giltlettered green cl.

- Text sl. foxed. Plates and binding fine.

€ (100-150)
81 1372 Italy Rome Nibby A 81 1372 Italy Rome Nibby A
81 1372 Italy Rome Nibby A 81 1372 Italy Rome Nibby A
81/1372 [Italy. Rome]. Nibby, A. Itinéraire de Rome et de ses environs d'après la methode de M. Vasi. Rome, Dans la Typograhie Aurelj, 1830, 3rd ed., 2 vols., XXXII,291,(1); (4),297-644,(2)p., 2 fold. engr. plans, 49 views/ plates, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf.

- Occas. trifle foxed. Covers sl. chafed. = Cf. Rossetti 7372.

€ (150-250)
81 1373 Japan Hawks F L 81 1373 Japan Hawks F L
81 1373 Japan Hawks F L 81 1373 Japan Hawks F L
81 1373 Japan Hawks F L 81 1373 Japan Hawks F L
81/1373 [Japan]. Hawks, F.L. Narrative of the expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States. (Vol. 1). Washington, B. Tucker, 1856, XVII,(1),537p., 6 lithogr. maps (2 fold.), 3 col. lithogr. plates (2 fold.) and 90 tinted lithogr. plates, num. woodengr. ills., orig. blindst. cl., 4to.

- Vol. 1 (of 3) only, complete in itself. Rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip; sl. rubbed and worn along extremities.

= Copy of the Senate Edition printed by Beverley Tucker, containing 1 extra plate ("Public bath at Simoda"). Cordier, Bibl. Japonica 514; cf. Hill 1332; Sabin 30968 ("Some copies of Vol.1 bear the imprint: New York, D. Appleton & Co. 1857, without any mention of the number of volumes which constitute a complete work"). The Narrative, published in 3 vols. in 1856 in Washington by A.O.P. Nicholson, deals with Perry's expedition, that aimed to establish formal relations between the USA and Japan. The expedition was of great importance, because, ultimately, it forced the Japanese to be more open to other countries in general and become more involved in international politics. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXV.

€ (200-300) 275
81 1374 Japan Heine W 81 1374 Japan Heine W
81/1374 [Japan]. Heine, W. Reis om de wereld naar Japan. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (1856), (6),VI,486(1)p., tinted lithogr. title, frontisp. and 8 (of 9) plates, later giltlettered hmor., large 8vo.

- Lacks one plate; loose(ning); occas. sl. waterst. (incl. the plates). Covers loose(ning); needs rebinding.

= Cordier, Bibl. Japonica p.517.

€ (50-70)
81 1375 Kuyper A 81 1375 Kuyper A
81/1375 Kuyper, A. Om de oude wereldzee. Amst., Van Holkema & Warendorf, n.d. (±1907), 2 vols., VIII,548; VIII,516p., fold. col. map, (col.) plates, orig. unif. richly gilt dec. cl. by E.P. VAN BOMMEL, t.e.g., 4to.

- Both vols. w. owner's entry on upper pastedown; some foxed spots. Spines w. some vague soiling.

Ebers, G. Egypte. Dutch adapt. J. Margadant. Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink, 1886, (4),314,(2)p., num. woodengr. plates/ ills., orig. richly gilt cl., a.e.g., folio.

- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; hinges partly broken. Spine-ends sl. worn.

€ (50-70) 70
81 1376 Leitner Q von 81 1376 Leitner Q von
81 1376 Leitner Q von 81 1376 Leitner Q von
81 1376 Leitner Q von 81 1376 Leitner Q von
81 1376 Leitner Q von 81 1376 Leitner Q von
81 1376 Leitner Q von 81 1376 Leitner Q von
81/1376 Leitner, Q. von. Freydal. Des Kaisers Maximilian I. Turniere und Mummereien. Vienna, n.publ., 1880-1882, 2 vols., text vol.: (2),CIVp., woodcut ills., contemp. boards, folio; facs. vol.: (26)p. w. facs. of signatures and 255 facs. plates, orig. leatherbacked wooden covers, folio.

- Both vols. w. bookplate and clipping on upper pastedown/ verso frontcover; first lvs. facs. vol. sl. browned/ dampstained. Binding text vol. sl. worn; backstrip dam.

= Lipperheide Tb 4. Emperor Maximilian's allegorical account of the tournaments in which he participated. Freydal refers to Maximilian himself. "Wie Theuerdank und Weisskunig gehört auch Freydal zu den zur Verherrlichung des Lebens und der Taten Kaiser Maximilians geschaffenen Werken und stellt seine ritterliche Minnefahrt um Maria von Burgund dar" (Lipperheide).

€ (120-150)
81 1377 Levant Warburton E 81 1377 Levant Warburton E
81/1377 [Levant]. Warburton, E. The Crescent and the Cross; or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel. London, H. Colburn, 1845, 2nd ed., 2 vols., XVI,418; VII,(1),358p., 2 diff. lithogr. frontisp., 13 woodengr. ills., contemp. unif. gilt blindst. calf w. 2 mor. letterpieces.

- Occas. sl. foxed (incl. the frontisp.).

AND 2 others in 6 vols., i.a. G. MIGEON, Manuel d'art musulman (Paris, 1907, 2 vols., num. ills., later unif. cl. w. orig. frontwr. laid down).

€ (50-70) 50
81 1378 Levant Woensel P van 81 1378 Levant Woensel P van
81 1378 Levant Woensel P van 81 1378 Levant Woensel P van
81 1378 Levant Woensel P van 81 1378 Levant Woensel P van
81/1378 [Levant]. (Woensel, P. van). Aanteekeningen gehouden op eene reize door Turkijen, Natoliën, de Krim en Rusland, in de jaaren 1784-89. Tweede deel. Constantinopel, n.publ., 1709 (= Amst., 1791), 1 vol. (of 2), VIII,317,(3)p., engr. portrait, 4 fold. maps/ plans, 1 fold. view, 2 sm. vignettes, contemp. limp boards.

- Without vol. 1. Covers loose; backstrip partly worn away.

= Cat. (...) des Russica W728. Large paper copy, with the 3 maps/ plans from the 1st vol. loosely inserted. Pieter van Woensel was a military physician in St. Petersburg working for the Black Sea fleet during the 1770s.

€ (70-90) 140
81 1379 Maritime history Archive 81 1379 Maritime history Archive
81 1379 Maritime history Archive 81 1379 Maritime history Archive
81 1379 Maritime history Archive 81 1379 Maritime history Archive
81 1379 Maritime history Archive 81 1379 Maritime history Archive
81 1379 Maritime history Archive 81 1379 Maritime history Archive
81 1379 Maritime history Archive 81 1379 Maritime history Archive
81/1379 [Maritime history]. Archive, ±1900-1980 (mostly post-war), consisting of ±400 items, incl. brochures, tickets, luggage labels, photographs, menucards, price and passenger lists, clippings, envelopes and stationery lvs. etc.

= Various international shipping companies, i.a. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, French Line Transatlantique, Cunard Line, Unio-Castle Line, Bibby Line, Elder Dempster Lines, Sun-Way Cruises, Nippon Yushen Kaisha and Panama Pacific Line.

€ (200-300) 200
81 1380 Maritime history Hakluyt R 81 1380 Maritime history Hakluyt R
81 1380 Maritime history Hakluyt R 81 1380 Maritime history Hakluyt R
81/1380 [Maritime history]. Hakluyt, R. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation. Made by Sea or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 Yeeres. Glasgow, J. MacLehose and Sons, 1903-1905, 12 vols., (helio-engr.) (fold.) maps and plates, 4to.

- Free endpapers browned. A few vols. vellum sl. soiled. Very good set.

= One of only 100 numb. sets printed on handmade paper, with proofs of the illustrations on Japanese and bound in richly gilt hvellum, t.e.g. Cat. Nat. Maritime Mus. 5: "This is a complete reprint of the original work [published in 1589], and the best modern edition."

Purchas, S. Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes, Containing a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and others. Ibid., idem, 1905-1907, 20 vols., num. (facs.) plates, printed in 1000 copies (100).

- Free endpapers browned. A few vols. vellum sl. soiled; vol. II dam. at foot of spine. Very good set.

= One of only 100 numb. sets printed on handmade paper bound in richly gilt hvellum (unif. with the above), t.e.g. Hakluyt Society, Extra Series no.14-33. Cat. NHSM p.112.

€ (1.200-1.500) 1200
81 1381 Maritime history Hakluyt R 81 1381 Maritime history Hakluyt R
81 1381 Maritime history Hakluyt R 81 1381 Maritime history Hakluyt R
81 1381 Maritime history Hakluyt R 81 1381 Maritime history Hakluyt R
81/1381 [Maritime history]. Hakluyt, R. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation. Made by Sea or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 Yeeres. Glasgow, J. MacLehose and Sons, 1903-1905, 12 vols., (helio-engr.) (fold.) maps and plates, 4to.

- Free endpapers browned. A few vols. w. sl. rubbed/ worn spots; vellum sl. soiled. Very good set.

= One of only 100 numb. sets printed on handmade paper, with proofs of the illustrations on Japanese and bound in richly gilt hvellum, t.e.g. Cat. Nat. Maritime Mus. 5: "This is a complete reprint of the original work [published in 1589], and the best modern edition." From the libraries of George B. Wells and Russell W. Knight (their bookplate in vol. 1).

€ (600-800) 600
81 1382 Maritime history Kawata T ed 81 1382 Maritime history Kawata T ed
81/1382 [Maritime history]. Kawata, T. (ed.). Glimpses of the East. Official Shipper's Guide 1927-1928. Tokyo, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, (1927), num. parts in 1 vol., num. (col.) plates and ills., advertisments, orig. gilt and blindst. cl.

= Tenth annual issue.

€ (70-90)
81 1383 Maritime history Kline M F ed 81 1383 Maritime history Kline M F ed
81/1383 [Maritime history]. Kline, M.F. (ed.). Official Guide for Shippers & Travellers to the Principal Ports of the World 1928-1929. Osaka, Osaka Shosen Kaisha, (1928), 858p., col. maps, num. ills. and advertisements, orig. gilt and dec. embossed cl., t.e.g., 4to.

- First quires loosening. Binding sl. rubbed and stained.

= The fifteenth annual edition of this handbook dealing with both the commercial features and travel attractions of the principal ports of the world, published by the Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company.

€ (70-90) 70
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